composing

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He’s graduating into multiplexes having spent his adolescence writing, directing, editing, composing and market-testing what people want to watch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

There have been many explanations for his decision to stop composing opera in 1829, when he was only 37 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

However, after composing himself, Carter won all five of the remaining frames in the session against the four-time champion, although the Scot would eventually prevail 10-7.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

As anyone who has tried to pay the rent by writing, painting or composing can attest, funding is the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus newspaper.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien